Nursery-gate



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S O. HOLMER.

NURSERY GATE.

No. 569,642. Y Patented 001:. 20, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL G. HOLMER, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NU RS ERY-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,642, dated October20, 1896.

Application filed June 11,1896. Serial No. 595,133. We model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL O. Ilonnnn, a subject of the King of Swedenand Norway, residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.Nursery-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in gates, the objectof the samebeing to provide a simple and convenient device for closing the doorwaysin houses to prevent the passage of children therethrough.

The invention consists of two parallel horizontal bars located acrossthe doorway, connected by metallic strips which are secured at one endto one of said bars and which have a sliding connection with the otherof said bars by means of an elongated slot in said strip, a bolt passingthrough said uprights having a thumb-screw upon its outer end, and aseries of ribs pivoted to said bolt and adapted to be thrown outwardlythereon, their movement being limited by the engagement of pins on eachof said ribs with the shoulders of slots or recesses in the rib nextadjacent thereto.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my device in itsoperative position. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same in closedposition. Fig. 3 is an end view. Fig. 4 is a section through the pivotalbolt. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of one of the ribs, showingthe pin and the slot or recess therein.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the difierent views.

The two horizontal bars 1 1, of which my gate is made up, are locatedacross the doorway, and are connected by means of strips of metal 2,which are secured to one of said bars and provided in their oppositeends with elongated slots 3, through which pass screws or bolts in theother of said bars. Also connecting the bars 1 l at a point between thestrips 2 2 is a bolt 4:, having a thumb-screw'o upon its outer end.Pivotally connected to the bolt 4 and located between the bars 1 1 areaseries of ribs 6 6, each formed with a slot or recess 7 in one side andwith a pin 8 on the opposite side, which is adapted to engage theshoulder in the slot of the rib next adjacent thereto for the purpose oflimiting the movements of said ribs. The slots in the two ribs next tothe bars 1 1 are engaged by pins projecting inwardly from said bars.

In using my device when it is desired to close the doorway the ribs 6 6are thrown to their outward positions, as shown in Fig. 1, and clampedin such positions by tightening the thumb-screw 5 on the end of the bolt4, which forces the two bars 1 1 and the interposed ribs in closecontact one with the other. If it is desired to pass through thedoorway, the thumb-screw 5 is loosened and the ribs 6 6 thrown up out ofthe way.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isj 1. The herein-described gate, made up of apair of bars extending transversely of a doorway, a bolt passing throughsaid bars, a series of ribs pivoted to said bolt, and means for clampingsaid ribs in any desired position, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A gate made up of a pair of bars extending transversely of a doorway,a plate secured to one of said bars and slidingly connected with theother, a bolt passing through said bars, a thumb-screw upon the outerend of said bolt, and a series of ribs pivoted to said bolt,substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. A gate made up of a pair of bars extending transversely of a doorway,plates connecting said bars, each of said plates being secured at oneend to one of said bars and formed with a slot at its other end throughwhich a screw or bolt in the other of said bars passes, a bolt passingthrough said bars, 9 5

ing witnesses.

SAMUEL C. HOLMER. Witnesses:

FRED M. BIXBY, CHAS. E. LUNDWALL.

